Health & Wellness

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I wish I had known more about dementia and its effects right from the start. I might have avoided a lot of stress on my family, on me . . . and on Mom.

Details: Written by: Neale Cohen, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

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Monitoring the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood is vital if you have diabetes. You get results in real time, which allows you to adjust your medications, exercise and food accordingly.

Details: Written by: Kristin Grayce McGary

Most of us have been raised on a carbohydrate-based diet, which means we’re slaves to glucose. As your body digests starches, glucose is the result.

Details: Written by: Jerry M. Kantor

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Homeopathy’s central dictum, the law of similars (use like to cure like), may be restated: In the appropriate situation, illness or disease symptoms are effectively addressed by a substance whose otherwise toxic effect is to produce equivalent or similar symptoms.

Details: Written by: Michael Rozansky-Penn

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Americans have less confidence in vaccines to address a variety of illnesses than they did just a year or two ago, and more people accept misinformation about vaccines and COVID-19, according to a recent health survey.

Details: Written by: Sasha Walek-NYU

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With more than 30 years follow-up, we found that the stronger the adherence to a DASH diet in midlife, the less likely women are to report cognitive issues much later in life,

Details: Written by: Allen Cheng, Monash University

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The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?

Details: Written by: Matt Shipman-NC State

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One surprise was that rye flour fostered a much wider diversity of bacteria than any other type of flour

Details: Written by: Johndennis Govert and Hapi Hara

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Purification is a practice found in all spiritual systems. When working with crystal energy and integrating intention, it is beneficial to use clearing rituals. Remember that clearing yourself is even more important than clearing the crystal.

Details: Written by: Corrie Pikul-Brown

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Participants in the program showed significant improvement in adherence to a heart-healthy diet, which is one of the biggest drivers of blood pressure, as well as significant improvements in self-awareness, which appears to influence healthy eating habits.

Details: Written by: Michael J. Shea, Ph.D

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In order to understand how esoteric healing works as a healing modality, there are some basic principles that need to be understood first.

Details: Written by: Approximately 16 million U.S. adults have chronic back pain. Olena Ruban/Moment via Getty Images Yoni Ashar, University of Colorado

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Understanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds

Details: Written by: Nick Fuller, University of Sydney

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It’s also common to see ads touting special diets, pills and supplements that will blast fat in targeted areas. These ads – which often feature impressive before and after photos taken weeks apart – can seem believable.

Details: Written by: Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller

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Blood test detects cancer protein in under 2 hours

Details: Written by: Sharon E. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.

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As Western medicine became more popular, traditional treatments that had been handed down for generations were cast aside, despite the benefits of some of those approaches.

Details: Written by: Leon Lack, and Nicole Lovato, Flinders University

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How dangerous is insomnia? How fear of what it’s doing to your body can wreck your sleep.

Details: Written by: Sophie Lewis, University of Sydney et al

‘I’m not going to be cured’. How breast cancer awareness and support sidelines people with metastatic disease

Details: Written by: Sascha Kael Rasmussen-U. Copenhagen

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We found that even in non-seasonal animals, differences in light hours between summer and winter do cause differences in energy metabolism. In this case, body weight, fat mass, and liver fat content.